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NCAC Weekly Release (2-10-14) - Men's Basketball

No. 11 Wooster (12-2, 18-3) has taken over sole possession of
the top spot in the North Coast men’s basketball standings
following a pair of wins last week against Kenyon (7-7, 10-11),
86-56, and Denison (6-8, 10-11), 78.73. No. 13 Ohio Wesleyan (11-3,
17-4) and No. 22 Wittenberg (11-3, 17-4) are tied for second, while
DePauw (10-4, 15-6) sits alone in fourth. League play continues
this week with two marquee matchups on the slate as Wittenberg will
host DePauw on Wednesday and Wooster will entertain Wittenberg on
Saturday.

ALLEGHENY picked up
its first NCAC win of the season on Friday with a 69-66 victory
over DePauw, but dropped a 72-56 decision against Wabash on
Saturday. Senior guard Ryan Stanko (Allison Park, PA/Deer
Lakes), who became the 26th player in program history to
eclipse 1,000 career points, led the Gators in the win over DPU by
scoring 23 points in just 21 minutes of action, including nailing
the eventual game-winner with 32 second left. He shot 7-of-12 from
the field, 3-of-4 from beyond the arc and 6-of-8 from the free
throw line in the win.

DENISON split a pair of
games last week, defeating Oberlin, 81-75, on Wednesday before
falling to No. 11 Wooster, 78-73, on Saturday. Freshman guard
David Meurer (Granville, OH/Newark Catholic)
scored a career-high 25 points in the win over Oberlin, while
senior forward Alex Longi (Cincinnati, OH/St.
Xavier) became the 20th player in program history to
eclipse 1,000 career points after finishing the week with 37 total
points.

DEPAUW dropped
consecutive league games for the first time this season with a
69-66 setback against Allegheny on Friday, but the Tigers did
rebound with an 84-71 triumph over Hiram on Saturday. After
compiling four blocked shots on the week, junior center
Tommy Fernitz (Northbrook, IL/Glenbrook North)
ranks fourth on the school’s all-time list with 75.

HIRAM dropped a pair of
games over the weekend in Indiana against Wabash, 70-68, and
DePauw, 84-71. Senior guard Aaron Stefanov (Stow,
OH/Stow-Munroe Falls), who scored a game-high 27 against
DePauw, finished the week with 44 points (22.0 ppg) after shooting
56 percent (15-of-27) from the field, 46 percent (6-of-13) from
three-point range and 80 percent (8-of-10) from the free throw
line.

OHIO WESLEYAN, ranked
13th in the most recent D3hoops.com Top 25, opened play last week
with a 66-55 setback against No. 22 Wittenberg, but the Bishops
bounced back on Saturday with a 68-65 win over Kenyon. In the win
over the Lords, junior wing Nick Felhaber (Holland,
OH/Toledo St. John’s) sank the game-winning
three-pointer with just six seconds remaining in regulation. Senior
post Reuel Rogers (Columbus, OH/Bexley) paced OWU
on the week with 20 rebounds (10.0 rpg) and 36 points (18.0 ppg)
after shooting 71 percent (15-of-21) from the field and 57 percent
(4-of-7) from three-point range.

WABASH completed a
season and weekend sweep of Hiram and Allegheny by topping the
Terriers, 70-68, on Friday and defeating the Gators, 72-56, on
Saturday. In his first career start, sophomore guard Austin
Burton (Crawfordsville, IN/Southmont) scored eight points
against Hiram, before tallying a career-high 19 points in the win
over Allegheny. On the week, Burton scored 27 points (13.5 ppg)
after shooting 47 percent from the field (9-of-19), 40 percent
(2-of-5) from beyond the arc and 58 percent (7-of-12) from the free
throw line.

WITTENBERG, ranked 22nd in
the most recent D3hoops.com Top 25, won a pair of NCAC road
contests last week, topping No. 13 Ohio Wesleyan, 66-55, on
Wednesday, before defeating Oberlin, 70-63, on Saturday. Senior
guard Zack Leahy (Rossford, OH/Rossford) poured in
a career-high 27 points against OWU after nailing 11-of-14 shots
from the field and 5-of-6 attempts from beyond the arc. He followed
that performance up with a team-best 16-point effort against
Oberlin. On the week, Leahy scored 43 points (21.5 ppg), pulled
down nine rebounds (4.5 rpg) and dished out five assists (2.5 apg),
while also shooting 63 percent (15-of-24) from the field, 58
percent (7-of-12) from beyond the arc and 43 percent (6-of-14) from
the free throw line.

WOOSTER, ranked 11th in the
most recent D3hoops.com Top 25, regained sole possession of
first-place in the NCAC standings after picking up a pair of wins
last week against Kenyon, 86-56, and Denison, 78-73. Senior guard
Doug Thorpe (Columbus, OH/Eastmoor Acad.) scored
eight of his team-high 20 points during a game-closing 10-5 run
that allowed the Fighting Scots to escape Granville with a
five-point victory. He also tallied 15 points on just 10 shots
(6-of-10 field goals and 3-of-5 three-pointers) in the victory over
KC on Wednesday.